@Volcach_Wildfire: No. If you want perhaps too much explanation as to why, keep reading.
Most abilities only work from the battlefield. The main exceptions are abilities that implicitly (eg. Tymaret, the Murder King's last ability) or explicitly (eg. scavenge) work from another zone, in which case they only work in those zone(s). There are also characteristic-defining abilities, which unconditionally set some characteristic of the card, which work from every zone. (Otherwise you could end up with nonsense like an undefined number of +1/+1 counters if you scavenge a Pack Rat via Varolz, the Scar-Striped.) Obzedat's ability works just fine from the battlefield, doesn't explicitly say it works elsewhere, and doesn't set characteristics, so it only works on the battlefield.
Posted By:
manaderp
(1/30/2014 7:15:35 AM)
@modemloki21 You use enchantments on a creature that will regularly leave the battlefield? Okay... Also, 5/5s for 5 mana are definitely not unheard of in white/black. A simple search of:
OR white
OR black
CMC less than or equal to 5
Power greater than or equal to 5
Toughness greater than or equal to 5
reveals a total of 39 cards...
EDIT: Also, i just realised, even if the auras stayed on Obzedat in exile, they wouldn't do anything, since he isn't dealing any damage, just making an opponent lose life.
I think gatherer is censoring my comment or something... The inequality symbols keep disappearing.
Posted By:
OstravaBoletaria
(1/31/2014 1:16:10 PM)
I always feel cheated when cards lack flavour text. This isn't busted the way that many mythics tend to be. It's good, swinging the life total for four every turn without any real effort, but it doesn't feel like you're cheating. I would have liked something a bit more interactive out of this. The Orzhov seem to like meddling, but one of their big bosses just sort of hangs around sucking a couple of life every turn? (Taxes?) I don't know. Maybe I expect too much. Still pretty decent, but apparently way overvalued ($). 4/5
Posted By:
Pongdok
(2/23/2014 10:39:14 PM)
Last night I hosted a magic tournament with my friends and neighbors. It was a double elimination style tournament with 8 contestants including myself and this stupid card won it for me. The guy I played in the finals had a control deck like mine and he quickly beat me 2-0 in the quarter finals of the winners bracket and made it all the way to the finals undefeated automatically giving him one win advantage. It didn't look good for me, but lady luck was on my side! Ended up giving him some of his own medicine and beat him 3 times in a row. Goes without saying this card is stupid powerful and ***es off your opponents because there is very little they can do stop it.
Posted By:
Ace1989
(3/4/2014 4:12:40 PM)
It took me half a year to figure out that this guy doesn't have flying.
Posted By:
The_AC
(3/31/2014 5:51:22 PM)
GHOST DAD 2: GHOST HARDER
Posted By:
TheWallinator74
(3/31/2014 11:05:00 PM)
In EDH Reveillark, Karmic Guide, Phyrexian Altar/Ashnod's Altar. You're welcome. ***************
Posted By:
Devintakingaim
(4/1/2014 12:04:40 AM)
ObzeDATA$$
Posted By:
JoeNitrate
(4/3/2014 3:48:11 PM)
+2 life a turn for you with a contrasting effect to your opponent. The blink mechanic was integrated so beautifully.
Haste makes this a 5/5. The cost and effectiveness of this Mythic Rare is most exemplary.
Posted By:
Vursor
(5/13/2014 4:02:57 AM)
Obzedat is pretty much untouchable and very very brutal (Mind you there are ways of removing him) but its hilarious seeing what this sadistic thing can do.
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It's very psychological grinding down your opponent knowing that there are ways of cheating him in really early and that realistically there's not much they can do about it once it hits the field.
Just seeing their life bleed away is itself a pretty valuable weapon of war.
It is a satisfying sensation indeed watching them squirm.
And they say that you are who you associate with. Their counseling seems to be rubbing off on me ...
Posted By:
Vastator
(5/22/2014 9:58:32 PM)